R22 (New York City Subway car)
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The R22 was a New York City Subway car built in 1957.
R22s were the last single cars built prior to the R33WFs in 1963-4. The last R22s were retired in December of 1987.
Cars 7513, 7509, and 7516 were used as an automatic test train which ran revenue service on the 42st Street Shuttle from January 1962 to April 21, 1964, when a fire partially destroyed the Grand Central Shuttle platform and several cars.[1]
A train of R22s were featured in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), a film about the hijacking of a subway car on the downtown No. 6 line.
[edit] R-22 Specifications
- Car Builder: St. Louis Car Company
- Car Body: LAHT carbon steel
- Unit Numbers: 7300-7749
- Fleet: 450 cars
- Car Length: 51 feet, 1/2 inches
- Car Width: 8 feet, 9 inches
- Car Height: 11 feet, 10 inches
- Track Gauge: 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches (1.435 m)
- Propulsion System:
- Motors: Westinghouse 1447C or General Electric 1240A4
- Power: 100hp (4 per car)
- Total Seating: - 44 seats
- Total Weight: 77607-78604 lb
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